Farah

Shah's royal wife

Farah is an Arabic name meaning joy or happiness, used for both men and women in the Middle East and among Muslim communities worldwide.

In English-speaking countries, it appears almost exclusively as a feminine given name: Farah was named after her grandmother.

The name gained visibility through Farah Fawcett, the American actress.

name

Arabic

Semitic language family member

identity · heritage · ancestry · etymology · meaning · cultural · nomenclature · forename · appellation · moniker

joy

happiness

Joyful emotional state

  • delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
  • blissPerfect, serene felicity
  • elationIntense triumphant joy

gladness · cheerfulness · contentment · jubilation · exuberance · mirth · lightheartedness · merriment · radiance · brightness

Opposites
royal gender/role

FarahShah

Persian word for king

king · shah · emperor · monarch · sultan

political stance toward Iranian monarchy

FarahAyatollah Khomeini

revolutionary · anti-monarchist · republican

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G